Microsoft is supporting MonoTouch MonoDroid

Question

I guess Microsoft is supporting MonoTouch and MonoDroid development, indirectly.

SUSE is the company that owned (bought Novell) MonoTouch and MonoDroid products.

Microsoft and SUSE signs $100 million, 5 years deal.

And here is relationship between SUSE and Xamarin:

SUSE and Xamarin Partner to Accelerate Innovation and Support Mono Customers and Community

Mahesh Chand · Answer

I got an email from a high-level executive at Xamarin that issues with Novell has been resolved and now Xamarin owns all rights for both products MonoTouch and Mono for Android. Xamarin also be supporting the current Novell customers and new customers will be all Xamarin customers. Xamarin is also supporting Visual Studio integration with Mono for Android product.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

I don't know how accurate the Microsoft and SUSE Renew Successful Interoperability Agreement: Strong customer response leads to four-year $100 million extension article is but it is another relevant news article. Note that I don't see much said in that article after the first paragraph.

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Thanks Vulpes. They may be supporting it indirectly. But we get the idea.

Vulpes · Answer

Mahesh There's a problem with your first link which is the same as the second but here's one I found myself about the $100 million deal: ( http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-renews-controversial-suse-linux-deal-five-years-172909216.html) I don't know whether this means that Microsoft are indirectly supporting Xamarin or not - they'd probably deny that it was - but it certainly does them no harm.

Microsoft is supporting MonoTouch, MonoDroid